Colloidal fouling of nanofiltration membranes: A novel transient electrokinetic model and experimental study

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 153-163

  Al Mamun, Md Abdullaha ^a   Sadrzadeh, Mohtada ^a   Chatterjee, Reeshav ^a   Bhattacharjee, Subir ^a   De, Sirshendu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cake enhanced concentration polarization; Film theory; Fouling; Kuwabara cell model; Levine Neale electrophoretic mobility; Membrane; Nanofiltration

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CYTOLOGY; DRAG; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROOSMOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FOULING; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; ELECTROKINETIC MODELING; FILM THEORY; FILTRATION PROCESS; KUWABARA CELL MODELS; OPERATING CONDITION; SODIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION; STREAMING POTENTIAL;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

EID: 84940838869     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2015.08.022     Document Type: Article

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